BigWillie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh! Good deal, thanks. I didn't realize we had a 6'5, 225lb true freshman DE on the bench. That sounds like exactly what we need. Play the man! I should note that when I talk about Alex playing, I mean it only in passing situations. I've went back and watched some points in this game watching McMullen 'rush the passer', and I become more convinced the coaches will play Alex very soon. If anyone is a glutton for punishment, watch this game defensively and focus in on McMullen. He will make you miss Demoine Adams and Bernard Thomas. Yes, it's that bad, and it's been that bad for a while. McMullen is very lucky he is at a school with terrible problems at DE, because he should rarely, if at all, see the field at any P5 school. 1 Quote Link to comment
benjibean1 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I learned that I "HATE" the jet sweep. Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Very dissapointing. I knew MR's teams were penalty prone, but this is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh! Good deal, thanks. I didn't realize we had a 6'5, 225lb true freshman DE on the bench. That sounds like exactly what we need. Play the man! I should note that when I talk about Alex playing, I mean it only in passing situations. I've went back and watched some points in this game watching McMullen 'rush the passer', and I become more convinced the coaches will play Alex very soon. If anyone is a glutton for punishment, watch this game defensively and focus in on McMullen. He will make you miss Demoine Adams and Bernard Thomas. Yes, it's that bad, and it's been that bad for a while. McMullen is very lucky he is at a school with terrible problems at DE, because he should rarely, if at all, see the field at any P5 school. Maybe he should play more often than just passing downs. The rushing defense is giving up very few yards, although yards per carry is fairly high. We can afford a slight reduction in performance against the run if we can pressure the QB. I want to see old time NU football where the QB is hit hard and often. Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah that's definitely a tough to digest stat to this point. Let's hope they can cut down on the penalties. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Maybe he should play more often than just passing downs. The rushing defense is giving up very few yards, although yards per carry is fairly high. We can afford a slight reduction in performance against the run if we can pressure the QB. I want to see old time NU football where the QB is hit hard and often. Depends a lot on the team we are playing. McMullen...was a stud DE recruit out of Ohio and a major recruiting score. This is a disappointment. Hope he can turn it around. Quote Link to comment
RedRex Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah that's definitely a tough to digest stat to this point. Let's hope they can cut down on the penalties. The 5 men in the backfield penalties drive me crazy. If we can't get lined up right then scrap the formation. I'm sure we can find other ways to lose 5 yards. Quote Link to comment
BigWillie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The 5 men in the backfield penalties drive me crazy. If we can't get lined up right then scrap the formation. I'm sure we can find other ways to lose 5 yards. It was a weird penalty for both teams tonight because most of those penalties were on lineman. Alot of lineman like to cheat when they pull by lining up further back of the LOS. You can really notice it by just looking at where their butt is in relation to the rest of the o-lineman. And at some points, lineman from both teams were cheating too much to get out on their pull block assignments. 1 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 And they were BS calls. Could easily have warned the coaches. I think one of those calls (on 68) wiped out a nice gain for the Huskers... A pass play for around 25 yards IIRC. 1 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Just saw the post game PC with HCMR. He said they normally get warned about the tackles (68 Nick Gates) lining up too far back before they call it a penalty, but never did. He said Gates thought he was lining up fine - no one said anything to him. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 That makes a lot more sense. They wouldn't show the replays during the game so I had no idea what was going on. I was thinking, how on earth can you get so many formation issues in a game? And it did affect both teams. Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 And they were BS calls. Could easily have warned the coaches. As a general rule, refs don't write warning tickets. Coaches are officially warned of what is not allowable when it is printed in a rule book and handed to them to read. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I learned two main things. The first is that I just love football. I've gotten past the point where I put too much personal investment into wins and losses, but damn do I love the sport for what it is. There's nothing else that results in me screaming and losing my mind with excitement in a bar packed full of people that were strangers a few hours ago but I'm now hugging and high fiving. Too much fun. Second, everyone here has been wanting to gloss over our defensive approach with the rose colored glasses and sorry to say I expected, or at least guessed, this was coming. I get the feeling that Banker will end up exposing himself as Cosgrove-esque, and from the very start my question has always been, "Will Riley be done in by the same thing that has done in our last two coaches, uncompromising loyalty to underperforming assistants?" 2 Quote Link to comment
alwayshusking Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I learned we need more talent at multiple spots. I thought the talent difference was pretty big at times today. We've got some good players we just need them at every position, not scattered around. This is a bit more of a rebuild than I was hoping for. Need to get crootin and hope those young guys are ready to go next year. 3 Quote Link to comment
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